Indiana Senate Bill 303 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-04 - Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Criminal law matters. Provides that the crime of escape does not include the intentional removal of an electronic monitoring device or GPS tracking device. Reduces the penalty for maintaining a common nuisance from a Level 6 felony to a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that to use a prior unrelated conviction in determining a sentence enhancement for a habitual offender or a repeat sex offender, there may not be more than seven years from the time the person was released from imprisonment, probation, or parole for the prior unrelated felony conviction and the time the person committed the current offense. Eliminates the provision that awards one day of good time credit for every four days of time served on pretrial home detention. Eliminates the provision that prohibits a person from being reassigned to a different credit time class while being monitored on pretrial home detention. Specifies that a person placed on home detention while awaiting trial is initially assigned to a credit class based on the most serious offense with which the person is charged.

Criminal law matters. Provides that the crime of escape does not include the intentional removal of an electronic monitoring device or GPS tracking device. Reduces the penalty for maintaining a common nuisance from a Level 6 felony to a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that to use a prior unrelated conviction in determining a sentence enhancement for a habitual offender or a repeat sex offender, there may not be more than seven years from the time the person was released from imprisonment, probation, or parole for the prior unrelated felony conviction and the time the person committed the current offense. Eliminates the provision that awards one day of good time credit for every four days of time served on pretrial home detention. Eliminates the provision that prohibits a person from being reassigned to a different credit time class while being monitored on pretrial home detention. Specifies that a person placed on home detention while awaiting trial is initially assigned to a credit class based on the most serious offense with which the person is charged.

Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-04	Senate	Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
2019-01-07	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2019-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Randolph Lonnie M

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/303/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/5/3/6/85369291/SB0303.01.INTR.pdf